"No doubt local officials are involved": Meghalaya High Court calls in Central Armed Police Forces to curb illegal coal mining

The Court termed the State government's failure to check the practice as a sorry state of affairs and an affront to the rule of law.
Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee, Justice HS Thangkhiew, Justice W Diengdoh with Meghalaya HC
Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee, Justice HS Thangkhiew, Justice W Diengdoh with Meghalaya HCTimes of India [mining pic]

The Meghalaya High Court on Tuesday ordered the deployment of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) to monitor and stop illegal coal mining in the State. [In Re Suo Motu Illegal Mining of Coal in the State of Meghalaya]

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